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William Marsden (orientalist)
William Marsden DCL FRS (16 November 1754 – 6 October 1836) was an English orientalist, linguist, numismatist and pioneer in the scientific study of Indonesia. Serving as first secretary of the Admiralty during years of conflict with France, in 1805 Marsden received the bittersweet news of victory in the Battle of Trafalgar and of the death of Admiral Horatio Nelson in the battle.
== Early life ==
Marsden was the son of a Dublin merchant. He was born in Verval, County Wicklow,〔"Wm. Marsden, Esq., D.C.L., F.R.S.", ''The Gentleman's Magazine,'' VII (Feb., 1837), p. 212.〕 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Upon obtaining a civil service appointment with the East India Company at sixteen years of age, he was sent to Benkulen, Sumatra, in 1771. He was promoted to the position of principal secretary to the government, and acquired a knowledge of the Malay language and the country. After returning to England in 1779, he was awarded the Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.) degree by Oxford University in 1780 〔( C.E. Buckland, ''Dictionary of Indian Biography,'' London, Swan Sonnenschein (1906), p. 273. )〕 and published his ''History of Sumatra'' in (1783).
Marsden was elected to membership in the Royal Society in 1783. He had been recommended by James Rennell, Edward Whitaker Gray, John Topham, Alexander Dalrymple, and Charles Blagden.〔( The Royal Society, Archives, Ref. No. EC/1782/10. )〕
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